Category Archives: Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news

There’s real historical backdrop to “Robbing Mussolini.” But is the new Italian film (subtitled, or dubbed into English) a “true story?” “True-ish” an opening credit reassures us. How “true-ish?” Well, it’s 1945 Milan in the last months of the war, … Continue reading →

“The Menu” is a darkly funny, culture-skewering satire that’s easier to defend on cinematic grounds than more — you know — logical ones. It takes its design and tone from the austere aesthetics of chilly, modernist architecture, which mimics the … Continue reading →

The perfect movie to open right before Thanksgiving, a class conscious haute cuisine thriller. We awaken from our triptophan stupors and get away from the turkey to soak up a little Joy — as in Florida born Brit Anya Taylor … Continue reading →

If you’ve never seen a Filipino action pic, this could make a fun introduction. Limited release Dec. 2. https://youtu.be/ro6xty9NWe0

Gross, gory and psychedelically nonsensical, Alex Phillips “All Jacked Up and Full of Worms” plays like the sort of indie film guy with a camera and some stoner buddies make. It’s sloppy, semi-scripted and lacks much of anything that you’d … Continue reading →

I haven’t been the biggest fan of Netflix’s attempts at “prestige” pictures, movies rolled out late in the year with a whiff of “Let’s throw some money at big names and see if we can get an Oscar” about them. … Continue reading →

The Oscar winner shows up on Apple TV with this 19th century period piece about a runaway slave. Ben Foster also stars. Dec. 2

This Nickelodeon Films/Paramount+ production stars Kelly Rowland, Omari Hardwick and Marsai Martin and streams Nov. 25.

The sound of a men’s chorus harmonizing through “Sloop John B.,” “Sail Away Ladies,” “Santiana” or “Haul Away Joe” still brings a tingle to the spine when those Cornish Fisherman’s Friends bring sea chanteys back to life in “Fisherman’s Friends: … Continue reading →

We pick up the tail end of a story of reporter Megan Twohey (Carey Mulligan) was just finishing up, the 2016 research and publishing her expose of Donald Trump’s legion of sexual assault accusers, and facing death threats and an … Continue reading →